Guided Small-Group Tour to Sidon, Tyre & Maghdouche with Lunch

5.0

based on 44 reviews

| Beirut, Lebanon

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Customers consistently praise the tours as amazing, phenomenal, and unforgettable. They highlight stunning scenery, fascinating history, and the opportunity to experience Lebanese culture. Some mention safety concerns in Southern Lebanon but felt secure on the tour.

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Features

Free Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Instant ticket delivery

Mobile Ticket

Pickup available

Duration

9 hours

Wheelchair accessible

Audio guide

Live guide

Comfortable transportation
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Taste real Lebanon with a fresh, authentic lunch included.
Small group sizes
Air-conditioned vehicle
Professional, knowledgeable guides
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Sidon Sea Castle
Soap Museum
al bass archaeological site

Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

See the highlights of Tyre with a guide, and gain a depth of understanding of The city that has many ancient sites, including the Tyre Hippodrome and it is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world.
Also known as Saida, you will visit the city of Sidon...

Duration 9 Hours
Group Tour
Max 20 people in the group

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Sidon
Sidon, one of the oldest Phoenician cities, was founded in the 3rd millennium BC and became prosperous in the 2nd. Sidon was famous for its purple dyes and glassware and Jesus visited it. During the Crusades, Sidon changed hands several times and was destroyed and rebuilt.
- Duration 1 Hour•
- No Admission Ticket Required
2
Crusaders Sea Castle
The Sidon Sea Castle was built by the crusaders in the thirteenth century on a small island, connected to the mainland by a causeway, as a fortress of the holy land. It is one of the most prominent historical sites in the port city of Sidon, Lebanon. The castle was...
- Duration 30 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Not Included

Khan al-Franj

Khan al-Franj is one of Sidon’s main attractions. It was built in the beginning of the 17th century by Emir Fakhreddine II to be a hotel for ambassadors and a center for commercial exchange between Lebanon and France.
The hotel soon became a center for literature, religion, history, industry and...

Duration 15 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

صيدا

The Soap Museum is a museum in Sidon specialized in Levantine soaps
The soap workshop was originally built in Sidon by the Hammoud family in the 17th century.
The Soap Museum traces the history of soap making in the region, its development and manufacturing techniques. Visitors can see a demonstration...

Duration 30 Minutes•
Admission Ticket Not Included

Sidon Souks

The souk of Sidon is the center of all the commercial activities of retail, as well as craft industry.
The souk is a maze of narrow alleyways with small kiosks, shops and cafes, street merchant, butchers, grocers, shoe-makers, tailors and jewelers.

Duration 15 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Maghdoucheh

Our Lady of Awaiting, also known as Our Lady of Mantara, is a Melkite Greek Catholic shrine in Maghdouché, Lebanon, discovered on 8 September 1721 by a young shepherd. The shrine consists of a tower crowned with the statue of the Virgin and Child, a cathedral, a cemetery and a...

Duration 15 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Tyre

Tyre is an ancient Phoenician port city and It is the home of Elissar, the Phoenician princess who founded Carthage. It was once famous across the world for its purple dye made from murex sea snails. Two main archaeological sites – “Al-Bass” and “Al-Mina” – are testimony to its historical...

Duration 2 Hours•
No Admission Ticket Required

Al-Bass Archaeological Site

Al Bass Archaeological Site is the largest and the best-preserved example of a Roman Hippodrome. The sector of Tyre El Bass, constituting the principal entrance of the town in antique times, comprises the remains of the necropolis, on either side of a wide monumental causeway dominated by a Roman triumphal...